CONTENTS. 



PART I. Treatment of Forests in France Previous to 

 THE Issue of the Forest Ordinance of 1669, 



Chap. I. Early History of Forests, Forest Treatment, 



and Forest Legislation in France, ... ... 1 



Narrative by M. Cezanne of state of the Forests previous to 

 the Norman invasion (p. 1) ; account by Dr Broch of the 

 Settlement of the Normans in France (p. 3) ; treatment 

 of the Forests by the Normans (p. 8) ; Forest Ordinances 

 of the 13th, 14th, and 16th Centuries (p. 11). 



Chap. 11. Forest Adnainistration in France in the 



First Half of the Seventeenth Century, ... ... 13 



Translation of a Manuscript Report, preserved in La Bihlio- 

 tMque National, by Charles Colbert de Cressy, on the 

 Forests in the Province of Tours (p. la) ; showing reck- 

 less malversations which had occurred under the Forest- 

 Masters of Tours (p. 14); of Amboise (p .14); Loches (p. 

 15); Montrichard (p. 16); and Chinon (p. 16); and the 

 culpability of men hiffh in rank and office (p. 19). Trans- 

 lation of an account by M. Joubain, Inspector of Forests, 

 of Proceedings by the Government, which followed (p. 21). 



Chap. III. Method of Forest Exploitation in France 

 followed till the Middle of the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury, and known as Jardinaqe or Furetage^ ... 35 



Account of the method of Exploitation, and explanation of 

 the name (p. 35) ; devastating effects of it on Forests 

 (p. 36). 



Chap. IV. Method of Forest Exploitation in France 

 enjoined in the Middle of the Seventeenth Cen- 

 tury, and known as La Meihode d, Tire et Aire, ... 40 



Import of the name (p. 40) ; adoption of it in Germany (p. 

 41) ; defects requiring to be remedied (p. 42). 



Chapter V. Method of Forest Exploitation now fol- 

 in France, and known as La Methode des Compar- 

 timents, ... ... ... ... ... ._ 45 



Development into this of La Methode a Tire et Aire (p. 45) ; 

 with a notice of difficulties encountered (p. 46). 



